CENTRAL VALLEY — The Crusaders hosted the Wildcats of Warwick in a non-league wrestling match on Wednesday, Dec, 20, at home in Central Valley.

The varsity match started at the 152 lbs. class where Julian Campofiori got the Crusaders off to a great start by recording a pin in 1:50.

He was followed on to the mat by Carter Stuart who took only 46 seconds to pin his Wildcat opponent.

The Crusaders were off to 12-0 lead.

The Wildcats took the next two matches and the score was 12-9 going into the 195 lbs. match where Sam Santander took an 11-5 decision to put the Crusaders up 15-9.

Crusader heavyweights David Strauss (220 lbs.), took 2:26 to record a pin and Preston Havison (285 lbs.) calmly walked on to the mat, picked his opponent up and pined him in 12 seconds to give the Crusaders a 27-9 lead.

It was then time for the lightweights. Richard Toledo (99 lbs.) scored a 13-0 decision and the Crusaders stretched their lead to 31-9.

The Wildcats took the next two matches and going into the 120 lbs. match the score was 31-21 for the Crusaders.

That was when the Crusaders ended the Wildcats comeback attempt and swept the last five matches.